The new counterterrorism coalition includes nations such as Pakistan, Turkey and Egypt as well as war-torn countries with embattled militaries such as Libya and Yemen.
Source: www.csmonitor.com
This is too new for me to speculate as to the effectiveness or support that this new alliance will have. What are the national, regional, and global motives of each of these 34 states? I think we will all keep an eye on this moving forward.
Tags: political, terrorism, Islam, Saudi Arabia, geopolitics.
“From treasure maps to smart phone apps, geography makes sense of our world by describing locations, patterns and relationships of the Earth’s natural and social systems — both past and present. Canadian Geographic’s editors, along with the help of a number of Fellows of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society and other experts, compiled this ultimate Canadian geography quiz to truly test you. Think you’re a geo genius? Prove it!”
Source: www.canadiangeographic.ca
These are 50 HARD questions (any student not from Canada that gets over 50% right should pat themselves on the back). I will only give you one of the 50 answers since most of you have never been to the explore the frozen tunda; pictured above is a pingo. Pingos form when groundwater is pressurized and forced upward in a concentrated area by advancing permafrost. This groundwater-saturated sediment freezes and expands as it’s driven toward the surface, causing the earth above to bulge and eventually break open.
“On Saturday 12 December people in Saudi Arabia go to the polls. This is a rare event in itself, but on this occasion women in the country will be voting and standing for office for the first time in history. Voting for the municipal elections take place across Saudi Arabia, but we managed to speak to the first women to register to vote in the capital Riyadh.”
Source: www.bbc.com
Tomorrow, Saudi women will have their first opportunity to vote. Voting power in this kingdom is limited but time will tell if this was merely a symbolic gesture of appeasement or the beginning of greater social changes.
Tags: Saudi Arabia, gender, Middle East.
“Schools in Beijing are closed and outdoor construction halted as the Chinese capital’s first ever pollution “red alert” comes into effect over smog levels.”
Source: www.bbc.com
A large part of China’s rapid economic growth has been dependent on cutting corners in labor and environmental standards. This is one reason why I don’t think that the Chinese economy can continue this growth indefinitely.
Tags: pollution, China, development, economic, megacities, East Asia, industry, sustainability, urban ecology.
“Schools in Beijing are closed and outdoor construction halted as the Chinese capital’s first ever pollution “red alert” comes into effect over smog levels.”
Source: www.bbc.com
A large part of China’s rapid economic growth has been dependent on cutting corners in labor and environmental standards. This is one reason why I don’t think that the Chinese economy can continue this growth indefinitely.
Tags: pollution, China, development, economic, megacities, East Asia, industry, sustainability, urban ecology.
Persecuting religious minorities that are perceived as a political threat is a time-honored American tradition.
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
This is not intended to be a political post, but one that reflects of the history of religious persecution in the United States. If you find that to be a controversial political topic, so be it. In the past, when Americans have suspected that a religious group is undermining it’s country’s free, democratic political order, we have demanded—often violently—some radical action against that group. Let that past stay in the past.
Tags: religion, USA, historical, conflict.
Persecuting religious minorities that are perceived as a political threat is a time-honored American tradition.
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
This is not intended to be a political post, but one that reflects of the history of religious persecution in the United States. If you find that to be a controversial political topic, so be it. In the past, when Americans have suspected that a religious group is undermining it’s country’s free, democratic political order, we have demanded—often violently—some radical action against that group. Let that past stay in the past.
Tags: religion, USA, historical, conflict.
“Thanks to a nonprofit, nonpartisan project known as the Gun Violence Archive, data on gun homicides and nonfatal shootings is now available well before the federal government releases its statistics. Those data include location information that makes it possible to plot those shootings on a map showing how many have taken place in your vicinity.”
Source: www.slate.com
Perspectives of gun rights and public safety are highly divided. Part of those divisions are ideological, but there are also big differences between urban and rural America. This map of the NRA’s “report card” on the legislators of Congress shows some pretty powerful spatial patterns. This interactive map of people how have been shot this year shows a decidedly differnt pattern that the first.
Questions to Ponder: How do most people feel about the second amendment where you live? What about your local geography might influence those opinions?
“Thanks to a nonprofit, nonpartisan project known as the Gun Violence Archive, data on gun homicides and nonfatal shootings is now available well before the federal government releases its statistics. Those data include location information that makes it possible to plot those shootings on a map showing how many have taken place in your vicinity.”
Source: www.slate.com
Perspectives of gun rights and public safety are highly divided. Part of those divisions are ideological, but there are also big differences between urban and rural America. This map of the NRA’s “report card” on the legislators of Congress shows some pretty powerful spatial patterns. This interactive map of people how have been shot this year shows a decidedly differnt pattern that the first.
Questions to Ponder: How do most people feel about the second amendment where you live? What about your local geography might influence those opinions?
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